Posted on 07/04/2018 9:23:19 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Since ascending to the throne in 1952, the monarch has seen 13 prime ministers serve Britain and lived through another 13 US presidents. She's now 92. At some point — not for many years yet, we hope — Queen Elizabeth II's reign will come to an end.
But what happens then?
For at least 12 days — between her passing, the funeral and beyond — Britain will grind to a halt. The stock markets and banks are likely to close.
But to focus on the financial disruption doesn't begin to describe the sheer magnitude of the queen's death. It will be an event unlike anything Britain has seen since the end of World War II.
Most British people have never known life without the queen. It will be a strange, uncertain time.
The British Empire once covered a quarter of the Earth's landmass, and for a brief, surreal period it is likely to feel as if the empire still exists, as all its former subjects will turn toward Britain for the news.
It will probably be the best-attended funeral of all time. World leaders from across the globe will flock to attend.
There will be hundreds of changes up and down the country in the weeks and months after the queen's death.
New currency will be printed and minted immediately. British currency bears images of the monarch, and the portraits of Charles will already have been made in preparation.
The British national anthem will change."God Save The Queen" will get some new lyrics — or some old ones, rather. It will become "God Save The King."
Likewise, a great deal of military insignia will require updating.
And plenty more will need to change.
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Monarchy is retarded. The Brits need to worry about Islam like Churchill warned. The Monarchy will be in exile by 2050 if not sooner.
Wouldn’t\couldn’t she avoid the 12 day disruption by passing the crown NOW?
I found a letter in an old box of junk I bought from some guy in Wisconsin. Rolled inside a paper towel tube was a letter dated 1887 from Grover Cleveland to Queen Victoria congratulating her on her Cherry Jubilee. An auction house confirmed its authenticity and said it could bring upwards of $7000 from the right buyer. Any takers?
This could almost be as disastrous as Y2K.
> Most people have no clue how much power the Queen has quietly wielded over 60+ years, almost always to the benefit of civilization. <
Interesting. Any examples?
QE2 brings stability and focus for the crumbled Empire and a world that’s changed what seems impossibly in her lifetime. She remains above it all in spite of a really weird family and a nation hell-bent on self destruction. What has she ever done that has harmed her nation?
Disruptive? The passing of the whole inbred monarchy should be a new independence day for the British. Maybe they could then start taking back their country and restoring it to power and prestige it has lost over the last 50-plus years of the Queen’s “rule”. Good riddance to all of them.
“... the portraits of Charles will already have been made in preparation.”
Charles in charge. God help them.
the most disruptive event is muslim immigration and the bending of births law to all things muslim.
She’s probably got another decade and will long have given up her role by then.
Maybe it isn't just the monarchy as we've had to save them in two world wars, likely be faced with choice of helping or watching them fall again in the future. Maybe it's the people?
If Wallis Simpson had not been so sexually skilled and kinky, Elizabeth’s reign may not have happened.
I've been studying a lot of European History since the fall of Rome. It's not what we learned in HS and College. Britain has a history of ruthlessness and horrible meddling intertwined with the incredible greatness in all fields of endeavor in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. Their meddling and expansion caused chaos in Africa and the Mideast that exists today.
Perhaps your take on QE2 is correct. It's an open question whether she's enabled the destruction of England or kept it steady during a period of irreversible decline. History will decide.
And to think people give a crap about her on July 4.
Up yours Great Britain.
The British rule was harsh. Anyone who thinks they were not brutal lords is sadly mistaken.
Tough How so?
What a great find! I’d be very interesting in learning why it was never sent out.
Wondering, did some historical event occur that took his attention, then he forgot about it?
The British national anthem will change.”God Save The Queen” will get some new lyrics — or some old ones, rather. It will become “God Save The King.”
Charles will immediately call for the mass immigration of all muslims and surrender England to them.
“Thank you, Your Honor. Protecting the Queen’s safety is a task that is gladly accepted by Police Squad. No matter how silly the idea of having a queen might be to us, as Americans we must be gracious and considerate hosts.”
I also love the gift Los Angeles presented to the Queen on her arrival. A Revolutionary War Musket on a plaque. Good day to think about it!
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